Captain Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock Nigeria Limited, has been conferred with the fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Nigeria.
At the event held at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria
Island, Mrs. Mfon Usoro, President, of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transport said the new awardees comprise leading figures who have distinguished
themselves in the area of logistics and transport over the years in their
various organisations.
Olugbade, who has been a transport and logistics expert with
over thirty years’ experience, is currently the Executive Director overseeing
all the SIFAX Group’s inland container depots.
He was Nigeria’s erstwhile Alternate Permanent Representative to the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London between 2011 and 2016.
He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Maritime Transport Management from the Nautical Institute for Technology, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt and Master Class Revalidation Certificates from the University of Tasmania, Australia and Australian Maritime College Launceston, Tasmania. He also possesses 1st Mate & amp; 2nd Mate Certificate of Competency from Arab Maritime Transport Academy, Alexandria, Egypt and a National Diploma in Nautical Science from Maritime Academy of Nigeria.
His professional experience spanned various maritime
organisations both locally and internationally, including the Nigerian National
Shipping Lines (NNSL); the Nigerian Ports Authority, where he served variously
as an Harbour Master in different Nigerian ports and rose to become an
Assistant General Manager; and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency, where he was Deputy Director, Maritime Survey & Certification
and Director, Maritime Safety & Security.
Olugbade, while reacting to the honour, lauded CILT for the
recognition and promised to contribute more to the development of the maritime
industry and be a good ambassador of the institute.